Bachelor of Arts (Honours) [End-on]

Award Requirements

Admission Requirements

Course pre-requisites

Completion of an AQF Level 7 Bachelor Degree in an arts discipline or

Qualifications recognised by the Division as equivalent to that above.

Additional selection requirements

Applicants must satisfy the requirements of the college(s) in which honours are to be undertaken to ensure that the standard of academic achievement necessary to proceed to an honours degree has been attained.

Special admission requirements

Admission to the honours degree shall follow on directly from the pass degree and, normally, no later than five years following completion of the pass degree.

Students for honours who have graduated with a pass degree from another university, or who graduated more than five years ago, may be required to complete such coursework or assessment as the College Dean recommends as a condition of entry to honours.

Minimum English language proficiency requirements

Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds must meet the English language proficiency requirements of Band 1 – Schedule II of the JCU Admissions Policy.

Academic Requirements for Course Completion

Credit points

24 credit points as per course structure

Course learning outcomes

On successful completion of the Bachelor of Arts with Honours, graduates will be able to:

Demonstrate coherent and advanced knowledge of social theory, practice and professional ethics in at least one discipline in the Arts or Journalism or Social Sciences

Demonstrate knowledge of research principles and methods in at least one discipline in the Arts or Journalism or Social Sciences

Analyse critically and evaluate place and role of Australia and Singapore in the Asia-Pacific region and the tropics worldwide

Campus

COURSE AVAILABLE AT

NOTES

Cairns

Not all majors are available in Cairns - see TABLE A (Single Arts and Social Sciences Majors), TABLE B (Single Earth and Environmental Sciences Majors), and TABLE C (Joint Arts and Social Sciences Majors) for availability of majors at each campus

Townsville

External

Not all majors are available in external mode - see TABLE A (Single Arts and Social Sciences Majors), TABLE B (Single Earth and Environmental Sciences Majors), and TABLE C (Joint Arts and Social Sciences Majors) for availability of majors at each campus